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Is san mai done for "mechanical" reasons or because high carbon steel was rare and expensive in the past? There is a lot of mythology surrounding Japanese cutlery, but answer me this. Who in the West would tell you that a forged monosteel blade is HARDER to do than a forge welded one and should...

Cool. Now related to my rece4nt crotchety old man post about garbage steelo, I would argue that you did not make this from "scrap" but form "drops" because it was leftover odd sized peices of stell that you had forge welded. So you know exactly what its makeup is. Scrapmascus is a kind of cool...

Not to offend anyone's material choices, but why are so many people infatuated with using "junk" or "mystery" steel for blades or to make damascus? Likewise, why are folks excited about including materials in damascus, sam mai, etc that does not harden like copper, pure nickel or even wrought...

1075 is not 1080. It has less manganese, more like 1095. You can actually get a good hamon with high quality 1075. Use #50.

Wow! Those silver fruit knives can be very fancy.

That was an old Sheffield trick, IIRC. Some folks talk about the superiority of full tang knives, but in many cases, it was an issue of ease of production once decent steel became readily available to all. Lot easier just to slip on a guard and then rivet a couple of falt scales to the tang. Now...

Is it just the light or does it look like there is a "center shadow" on the lower lobe of the guard?

For those of you who have done mosaic, would you trust a "Ferry Flip" tile welded blade for use as a kitchen knife? I have made a couple of blades like this, but they were thicker and not really expected to get too much hard use.

No, but my experience with Redline vs their black stuff was that the Redline was much better.

Stock removal stainless? For shame!! :mad: :D Nice looking little knife.

You're not that old. Now tell us what you used to pay for O1 and L6 back in the good old days. ;)

Did you ever go to the Blade Show in say 2006-2008? Remember all of those guys with expensive folders and watches in the Pit at the hotel? Those guys. the modern equivalent might be what some call the "Instagram knife makers" or "knife bros." High prices, auctions, weird designs, etc. In a...

I hate to point this out on a knife forum, but knife forums ain't what they used to be. I am still wondering where all of those people went? Instagram?

Call me snobby, but I cant see buying any thing as a gift that is made from plastic. :eek: :D

I wonder if a lot of those people migrated to Instagram?

It was always a tad "dark webby" as you could not really search for it directly on the web. As someone mentioned, it was priavte with a soemwhat convoluted method of joining. At one point, you could not use a "free" email server like Yahoo or GMail if I recall. They also banned a bunch of people...

That's the guy. Thanks.

I probably would not follow the adivce re the high 1615F austenizing temp.

Mike, is that guy out in OK still making those little modified McDonald rolling mills for a reasonable price?

Epoxy doesn't weight much. Just make sure you use a filler or buy GOOD epoxy that already has filler added in like West G Flex.